On the recordJanuary 24, 1996
I would love to send them to a public school so they would have that kind of exposure to total life, but I would fear for their lives. I remember when I was a little boy, the President was saying how rosy things are now, but I remember when I was a little boy, 5 years old or 6, I could walk to school. I guarantee you if your child walked to school now at that age, he would get kidnaped and molested and probably killed. So to say things are so much rosier and better now is simply not true. Our public education system at that level is horrible. It is dastardly. If you send your child to elementary school now, the chances of him or her getting an education are impossible. It cannot happen. Fortunately, I have a few dollars. I can send my kids to a private school.
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